Catoxophylla cyanauges Turner, 1945 COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Lyn Massam & Daniel Heald, Mullewa, Western Australia)

The adult male moths of this species are brown, with rows of black spots on the forewings. The costas and the hind margins of the wings are sinuously curved. The body is dark brown, with a blue sheen on the head and thorax. The males have a wingspan is about 9 cms.

The females have under-developed wings and are flightless. The females are grey with black spots on their vestigial forewings. The females have a body length of about 9 cms.

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Cossidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 56 (1945), p. 49, No. 3.

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(written 13 January 2017, updated 8 August 2019, 26 January 2021)